Year: 2024

BY MAYSOON KHAN and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s budget season has begun. Democrats who control the state…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers, meet your latest lobbyists: online influencers from TikTok. The platform is once…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer U.S. lawmakers are threatening to ban TikTok but also say they are giving its Chinese parent company a…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police have released 17 hostages from a gunman that took over a crowded bus in Rio de Janeiro and wounded at least…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas-area elected official accused of killing an investigative journalist will not go on trial next week. A Nevada…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan official says his government is halting plans to deploy at least 1,000 police officers…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is spearheading the first United Nations resolution on artificial…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has met with the powerful International Brotherhood of Teamsters and…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scott Peterson appeared virtually in court on Tuesday, nearly 20 years after he was…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Republican Rep. Ken Buck said Tuesday that he’ll resign next week, narrowing his…

By JEFF McMILLAN, ANDREW DeMILLO and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The Florida law labeled by critics as “ Don’t Say Gay ” is remaining…

NEW YORK (AP) — David Mixner, a longtime LGBTQ+ activist who was an adviser to Bill Clinton during his presidential campaign and later called him…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — More than three dozen people allege in lawsuits filed this week that they were sexually abused as…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde police chief who was on vacation during the Robb Elementary School shooting…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina trial judges have struck down portions of a new law that would have…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two top Kansas Republican Party officials are facing internal calls to resign over a viral…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Rights groups in Belarus say that authorities there have detained at least 12 lawyers…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Attention on Princess Kate has reached levels not seen since she married Prince William in a…

By ANDREW DALTON and TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Labor strife remains an issue in Hollywood after two major strikes were…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency is expanding a program that tests international travelers…

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont day care provider convicted of manslaughter in the death of an infant in her care was sentenced on Tuesday to three…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé is full of surprises — and on Tuesday, dropped yet another one. Her forthcoming…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been a common refrain when seeking proof that someone’s story or some event…

CHICAGO (AP) — Enrique Mazzola extended his contract as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago through 2030-31 as the company announced a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prominent journalist in western Mexico has been abducted by armed men and hasn’t been seen since, prosecutors said…